Evaluating AI Tools and Output
When using artificial intelligence, it is important to evaluate the tool itself and the tool’s output critically. Ask yourself these questions:
- What is the purpose of the tool?
- How is this tool funded? Does the funding impact its credibility?
- What ethical concerns do you have about this tool?
- Are there copyright concerns with uploading documents or materials?
- What is the privacy policy?
- What data was used to train the tool or is the tool accessing? Consider how comprehensive the data set is.
- Is the information the tool creates or presents credible? Lateral reading can confirm credibility.
- Are the sources and citations real or "hallucinations" (made up citations - see the glossary).
RADAR: source evaluation
Adapted from:
Mandalios, J. (2013). RADAR: An approach for helping students evaluate Internet sources. Journal Of Information Science, 39, 470-478. doi:10.1177/0165551513478889